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592 NAVIGATION OF THE

situated in a bay, affording excellent shelter in a north-wester
indifferently good in south-easters. It is inhabited by about thr^ t
dred and fifty Arabs of the Nussoor Tribe ; affords a few sunDlies ’““i"
has excellent water. To the N W. of the town are F ’ and
said to have been a Portuguese town: if so, it must have^enVne^of
importance, from the appearance of the ruins. In many parts the rock
has been excavated for residences in the hot season, and the
pass in
the hills appears to have been fortified in a manner much beyond the
abilities of the natives, at least of the present day. Wells have been also
sunk to the depth of forty or fifty fathoms, through the rock. Very high
up on the hills reservoirs in ruins are very numerous. On the whole, it
has all the appearance of having been a large and flourishing town.
Several trading boats of various sizes belong to Taurie.
Barak.
Barak is a small town, situated about three miles to the SSE. of Tau­
rie, and contains about two hundred inhabitants, of the Nussoor Tribe.
Nakle Taky.
Nakle Taky, in lat. 27° 29' 48" N., long. 52° 32' 21" E., is a small
village, with a Ghuree, dependent on Aseeloo. It contains about seven­
ty people, of the Nussoor Tribe.
Aseeloo, or Assaloo.
Aseeloo, in lat. 27° 27' 42" N., long. 52° 33' 45" E., is one of the
principal towns on the coast. It is situated at the NW. entrance of
the Bay of Aseeloo; is nearly a mile in length, and contains about
nine hundred men, of the A1 Aram and Bosamut Tribes;—the latter,
about four hundred in number, emigrated to this place from Bahrein about
three years back. They have a number of trading vessels, and take a
share in the pearl fishery. The only export is tobacco, brought down
from the interior. The town is fronted by a reef, about one thousand
yards off shore, within which is a basin with one and a half and two
fathoms water, where their boats lay. The anchorage before the town is
good in a south-easter, but a very heavy sea rolls in in a north-wester.
About two miles and a half up the bay from the town, with Aseeloo
Notch bearing N. 12° to N. 15° W., in three and a half or four fathoms,
you lie pretty well sheltered. Supplies of fresh provisions and water
are procurable. The ruins of a Portuguese town, with two fortifie 1 3
belonging to it, are situated near this town.
Aseeloo or Assaloo Notch.
over the
Aseeloo Notch is a remarkable hill in the high land near^ ,
. The extreme point of the fall* is in lat. 27° 33' 6 •» ^
town
. This landmark is so well known to navigators
52° 42' 30" E
* Query * hill * ?